CUST 1520H Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Worker Bee

• School: Trent University
• Department: Cultural Studies
• Course: CUST 1520H
• Professor: Junyk Ihor

Document Summary

Psychological truths become real the basis of fantastical fiction. Inner mirrors the outside concrete physical form of his inner self (ex. Not a great life, its insecure, dangerous life of a salesman. Never missed a day of work for 5 years necessity of working constantly, atmosphere of surveillance. No friends, lack of family love and care no communities, ties or connection. Gregor is like an insect, scurrying around (ex. worker bee) relentless dehumanization that is experienced. What aspe(cid:272)ts of (cid:373)oder(cid:374) life are i(cid:373)pli(cid:272)ated i(cid:374) gregor"s tra(cid:374)sfor(cid:373)atio(cid:374)? (work, family and time) He does some wood-work and study the brain schedule (he thinks about his family even while at work) Family is a key institution in the family (explored by kafka) Gregor(cid:859)s (cid:272)e(cid:374)tralit(cid:455) to the fa(cid:373)ily is his ability to be useful. He shrinks during the course of the novella. Time from nature (using the sunset) is now associated with numbers. Family and work life bleed into one another.